I’ve been feeling kind of blah this year. I’ve tried not to complain here too much for a couple of reasons. First, I strive to not complain in general (though fail miserably) and second, who wants to read a bunch of whiny “I’m depressed” posts. This school year has been tough. We aren’t accomplishing everything …
I participated in this challenge last year and found the extra encouragement to meditate on thankfulness a blessing. So, even though I’m starting late, I’m going to participate this year too. God’s grace and mercy extended to me Christ’s atoning blood The sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit God’s sovereignty My husband My children My …
I can’t believe it’s already November. I feel like I have never quite gotten into the swing of things this school year. My plan of "ramping up" to add all of our subjects hasn’t exactly worked. We didn’t get enough momentum to make it to the top of the ramp and apparently slid right back …
You know that feeling like you’re just starting to get a sore throat? You’re not certain that you’re getting sick, but it seems really pretty likely. I found something several years ago that usually heals my throat when I do it early enough. I have to warn you though. It tastes pretty gross. I gargle …
Last week came and went with no hysterics from my oldest son. Of course that led me to hope for another good week. So far, not so good. On his very first subject, he reacted first to the length of the assignment, then my request to do it neatly. I finally urged him to set …
I should mention that I really don’t like to dust. It’s one of the chores that I try to assign to my kids. My bedroom furniture is particularly difficult because it has grooves that are hard to get to. Here’s a picture of the cabinet on the front of the chest after not dusting it …
I wrote this several weeks ago, but didn’t post it because I wanted to read it when I wasn’t in the midst of the hard time. I’ve reread it now and decided it’s worth sharing. I’ve had a revelation. Homeschooling is hard. I’m not sure why that is so startling to me. I’ve been doing …
This week is cleaning theme week at Works for Me Wednesday. I have already made a few Works for Me Wednesday posts with some of my cleaning tips. Here’s our Chore Chart, and just last week I posted on Dividing Cleaning Tasks. You may think that I like to clean. But I really don’t. I …
I found the Fall into Reading challenge via No Ordinary Moments and decided that I needed a little challenge to get caught up with my reading. Currently on my night stand I have a couple of books that I started on WAY too long ago and I am going to finish those. There are also …
We took a day off from school yesterday and spent the day at the fair. We rode a lot of rides. Little one liked this one. This one not so much. I got her off before it started. (After I took a picture.) We checked on our entries and we were very proud to find… …
